St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello
St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic parish located in the Portobello district of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church building in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Edinburgh, Portobello, 35 Brighton Place, St John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church”, “St John the Evangelist RC Church”, “St John the Evangelist RC Church, Portobello”, “St Johns”, and “St. John’s RC Church”
- Address: 35 Brighton Place, Edinburgh
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portobello Town Hall and Portobello Library.
Portobello Town Hall
Town hall
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Portobello Town Hall is a municipal structure in Portobello High Street, Portobello, Scotland. The building, which is managed by Portobello Central SCIO, a community body, is a Category B listed building. Portobello Town Hall is situated 420 feet north of St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello.
Portobello Library
Library
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Portobello Library is a public library in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. The current building in Rosefield Place cost £37,500 and was opened on 11 October 1963 by Lord Provost Duncan M. Portobello Library is situated 640 feet northwest of St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello.
Bellfield
Community center
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Bellfield is a community centre located in what was previously Portobello Old Parish Church, a Georgian church of classical design located in Bellfield Street, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. Bellfield is situated 1,400 feet east of St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portobello and Mountcastle.
Portobello
Suburb
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Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh in eastern central Scotland. It lies 3 miles east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth, between the suburbs of Joppa and Craigentinny.
Mountcastle
Suburb
Mountcastle is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of the city centre and lies to the north-west of the neighbouring area of Portobello. Mountcastle is primarily a residential area, with many early-mid 20th century houses.
Northfield
Suburb
Northfield is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies east of the city centre and west of Portobello. The area was laid out at low densities as local authority housing but the city employed private architects for its design - Reginald Fairlie and Reid and Forbes.
St John the Evangelist Church, Portobello
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.9518° or 55° 57′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.11541° or 3° 6′ 56″ westInception
1906Open location code
9C7RXV2M+PROpenStreetMap ID
way 367465840OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q17570327
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